. >>> it is more than 8,000 miles from hong kong to cleveland mississippi, but chef wally joe not only made that journey as a child. he went on to become a maestro of southern cooking. >> recognized as one of the country's best he's now the chef's general manager and partner in the acre restaurant. we're delighted to welcome chef wally joe to the dish. good morning. >> good morning. thanks for having me. >> what are we having. >> this is a twist on a main chinese dish that we would normally have. it's a crispy chicken that we normally order but you dip it in five spices. this is -- usually deep-fried. so it's not practical to fry a whole chicken at home so what i've done is adapted this. rubbed the whole chicken with five-spice powder. >> what is it? >> five spices. pepper corns, very flavorful. how is that? >> it's fabulous. thank you. >> what are the challenges of combining this sort of southern -- these two heritages. you have sort of the asian influence and the deep south. so how do we marry those? >> well, i'm a chinese kid that grew up in the american south so it's really a refle